3 Critical Checklists for 21st Century Library Survival

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3 Critical Checklists for 21st Century Library Survival toc

List #1 How not to get kicked off the island.

List #2 Essential Competencies for Modern Practice

Major portals and some articles:

1. On Web presence:

2. On rethinking intellectual property, ethics, safety

3. Retool search and research

4. Rethink collection

5. Learn to communicate research and tell digital stories:

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List #1 How not to get kicked off the island.

Kelly Brannock's Media Center Survivor

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List #2 Essential Competencies for Modern Practice

Major portals and some articles:

• WebTools4U2Use (Donna Baumbach)
• NewToolsWorkshop (Joyce)
• AASL's Best Web Sites for Teaching and Learning
• Helene Blowers' Learning 2.0
• California School Library Learning 2.0
• Things that Keep Us Up at Night (with Doug Johnson). School Library Journal, 1 Oct. 2009.
  
• 14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media Tech & Learning, 21 Sept. 2009.

1. On Web presence:

• March 1 TLCafe Session Archive
• SchoolLibraryWebsites
• SchoolLibraries.net
• Springfield Township Virtual Library
• OnlineLessons
• Research guide
• Style Guide
• Art gallery
• Pics of SpringfieldLife
• Annual Report
• Mission
• Library Calendar
• Genre Wordles
• DistanceOpportunities
• Prerequisite summer reading
• ebook pathfinder
• PowerPoint Reform Tools
• Mind Mapping, timelining, graphing
• Polling tools
• Interactive calendars
• NewToolsWorkshop: On Widgets
• ALA Smackdown on Virtual Libraries
  
  

Building Tools

• GoogleSites
• GoogleDocs
• GoogleForms
• GoogleDocsTemplates

Wikis (the killer app!)

• Wikispaces for Teachers (Joyce's pick)
• PB Wiki For Education
• MediaWiki
• Wikia
• Tiddlywiki
• Wet Paint
• Wiki.com (for searching wikispace)
• Weebly for Education (websites and blogs for classes)
• Webs (create a website for free)
• Ubidesk (online collaboration workspace for students)

Personal Information Portals (building tools)

• NetVibes
• PageFlakes
• iGoogle
• LibGuides
• Knowledge Building Centers (Loertscher)

Blogs

• Edublogs.org (Joyce's pick)
• David Warlick's Blogmeister
• 21Classes
• Blogger
• LiveJournal
• Thingamablog
• Lyceum
• Wordpress
• SchoolRack (free blogs and web pages)
• Weebly for Education

Flickr for student galleries and library and school events
Meebo for Ask A Librarian service

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2. On rethinking intellectual property, ethics, safety

• Creative Commons
• Copyright Friendly Images and Sound
• Copyright Confusion Wiki
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
• Tool for Reasoning Fair Use
• Copyright Advisory Network
• Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights (revised)
• Fair Use and InfoEthics (NewToolsWorkshop)>
• That's Not Cool
• Larry Magid on Facebook's Privacy Settings
• Pipl (for searching your profiles)
• People Search Tools
• 123 People.com
• Edubeacon: Digital Citizenship, not just for children
• 5 Steps to Stay Safe and Private on Facebook
• Facebook's New Privacy Settings (EFF)
• Common Craft: Protecting Reputations Online
• Ideas for making a purposeful and professional digital footprint

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3. Retool search and research

• Pathfinders
• Search tools
• Google Search Options
• GoogleCustomSearch
• Search Poster
• Search for video
• KidSearch
• KidSearch2
• KidVideoSearch
• Kid Reference
• Search Tools (NewTools)
• VideoSearch

Beyond Google - 15 Tools and Strategies for Improving Your Web Search Results

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4. Rethink collection

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5. Learn to communicate research and tell digital stories:

NewToolsWorkshop Digital Storytelling
50 Ways to Tell a Story (Alan Levine--CogDogRoo fabulous list of tools and examples!) A must see!
Digital Storytelling How-to-Guide (Silvia Rosenthal Talisano)

• ed.VoiceThread.com
• Animoto.com
• PhotoStory
• Mixbook
• VoiceThread
• Windows Movie Maker
• Wordle
• Glogster.edu
• Fotobabble
• iMovie (Mac)
• GarageBand (Mac)
• WritingTools
• Video Tools
• Avatar Making
• Podcasting
• Cartoon Generators